
Project Manager, Construction (Core & Shell Construction)
Durham, NCJob$125K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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AbbVie is recruiting a Project Manager, Construction for its new Durham manufacturing campus. The role manages design interfaces and core-and-shell construction, including structural design, permitting, constructability, safety planning, and coordination between design scopes. It also controls budgets, schedules, and risk assessments for core-and-shell work. The position is part of the campus core startup team.
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Company Description
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)
Job Description
New to North Carolina. Known for pursuing breakthroughs in medicine.
Ready to join our team?
At AbbVie, we bring together talented people and innovative science to develop medicines that help patients. Now, we’re bringing that commitment to Durham, North Carolina, with a new manufacturing campus that will expand our ability to produce medicines and create opportunities in the Research Triangle.
The campus will integrate advanced manufacturing, laboratory technologies and AI to support the production of immunology, oncology and neuroscience medicines. The first phase will include manufacturing facilities, next-generation laboratories, a warehouse, administrative offices and employee wellness facilities.
To learn more about this investment, please visit https://www.abbvie.com/abbvie-north-carolina-manufacturing.html
We are now recruiting our Project Manager, Construction (Core & Shell Construction) as part of the core start up team.
In this role, you will:
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Manages key design interfaces between SVP and BDS A&E firm(s) to ensure that foundations and building structure can progress with the program Structural Engineer.
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Ensures a phased approach to structural design and structural steel is implemented to provide fastest possible approaches to the following:
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Execution of a total steel mill order(s).
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Finalization of structural design to the stage where steel fabricators can be issued RFPs.
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Issuance of a skeleton or core and shell permitting package with the local AHJ.
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Evaluate constructability and sequence of all core and shell construction to ensure fastest possible building dry-in dates can be achieved.
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Manages key design interfaces between SVP and BDS A&E firm(s) to ensure that overarching campus architectural design intent and standards are established.
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Working with the SVP and BDS A&E firm(s) and AbbVie leads for both, ensure that a clearly defined and delineated interface between core and shell and fit up design scopes are established.
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Working with AbbVie EHS, ensure that safe work plans are established for construction activities including deep foundations, structural steel erection, siding and glazing installation, roof installation, etc.
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For buildings/structures where future expansion is contemplated, ensure that detailed reviews of constructabilitty of the expansion is aligned.
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Manages and controls budget for all core and shell scope.
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Manages and controls schedule for all core and shell scope.
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Manages and controls risk assessments and remediation for all core and shell scope.
Qualifications
You will have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline. with 7+ years industry experience with demonstrated experience in project execution and accountability, team and stakeholder influencing and strong communication skills
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
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Salary: $124,500
How this job compares
Set against the 1,866 open Construction Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$125K/yr
- North Carolina median$117–195K/yr24 salary ranges
- US median$111–187K/yr1,149 salary ranges
This rate, $125K, is 19% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($154K) — in the lowest quarter of Construction Project Manager salary ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Construction Project Manager jobs in North Carolina and 1,866 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Oracle10 open
- Turner & Townsend5 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Construction Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,324 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 373 of the 1,866 open Construction Project Manager jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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